General Game Needs
I’m a long time Skate player, as I’m sure many of you are. But I have a small list of things that this game really needs before it’s released full time. Now, none of these are art styles, cosmetics, etc. Those things have been exhausted in the last few months. These are general gameplay and game feel comments. Tricks, skating, and general mechanics and thoughts.
Pumping: Do the creators actually skate? Like, at all? First of all, the pumping and momentum loss on the upwards part of any ramp is just awful. Pumping does zero for your skater going up, and getting air is almost impossible. Park and ramp skating isn’t fun or possible in this game, and pumping shouldn’t count or be used in the sequences. It’s not a trick, it’s just form. It’s how to generate speed. It’s how to keep your momentum. Skate 3 pumping in the new skate game would make this game addictive!
Power Slides and Board Control in General: I love the power slide to revert in this game. It feels great, but the power slides themselves are so stiff and they don’t allow you to add style to your skating, instead the just shear you straight and kinda slow you down. And the actually feeling of riding? The skater is sluggish at best, the reaction times are slow, and the trucks, while looking lose, are like turning a long board. It’s not fun just to skate down the street and slide and turn and cruise. There’s no life in it.
Tricks: I know this is early access, so yes, I know tricks will be added, but there are some problems with the tricks. For example, I switched my X&A/X&circle buttons because my muscle memory for the other games made me crazy with the new controls. Even though the buttons switched, the associated foot plants didn’t. The boneless reads as a fast plant and so does the bean plant. Something to look at. Also, the no comply either being a frontside 180 or a back 360 is kinda dumb. I love the way that it looks and feels, but let us do a normal no spin no-comply. What in the world? The dog **bleep**? Pitiful; where’s the extension? As for tricks I love, the boned Ollie is an incredible feature. It feels great and reacts really well.
Manuals: Who decided to wreck the manuals? Tic taccing and moving with the manual is just gone? Again, why? Have you ever been on a board? It’s such a nice feature to have, and makes the skating and things you can do so nice! But instead, you guys killed all the life of the trick. I do have to say, nose manuals are much easier now, and that’s really nice, but nose manny’s aren’t easy in real life, so I understand why they’d turn all funky in the old games. But the better control is nice. Just fix that.
Off Board: I love being able to climb. Not having to use glitches and 100 ramps to get places is so nice! But the thing that all the flying and the crazy lines has done is take the lockout and the bail away. When I’m trying to gap something and I’m not gonna make it, I used to hit Y/Triangle and kick out and either land or fall like a human. Now I just grab my board like I’m standing. That’s so dumb. Let me kick out. Let me bail. Same problem with the rails. If I get off my board mid grind or stalling on a rail, make me jump off, not pickup my board. It’s the little things that matter. This is a skate game, not a super hero game. We want a balance between chaos and realism. Also, can our people actually have some stiffness when we bail? Why is rag doll or nothing? And why is it ragdoll? I’ve never seen anyone move like that in my life.
Clothing: I understand that we live in a world that doesn’t want to offend, but why can’t we have more gender specific clothing? I have nieces and friends that are female skaters and they were really hoping to be able to style their skaters as much as they wanted, and yet they hate most of the options. It’s either sports bras, crop tops, or huge baggy t shirts. Why not some good clothes for the ladies? Just some more options for any of the girls who are feminine skaters. Just a thought🤷🏻♂️
Objects: Why are they so stiff as well? They can’t move, they can’t slide, they can’t flip or anything. They’re just there. And we get it, it’s a “multiplayer” game, “free to play” nonsense, but it’s not what we asked for. With the modern state of technology, we were really hoping for an incredible world with lots of map locations, movable objects, great spots and parks, and honestly, a complete game with a big price tag. It’s actually what I wanted. Something with tons of customization and clothing. Something with lots of brands, board variations, and even board shapes. Something that resonates with skaters and skate culture. Skate culture is literally everywhere. It would’ve sold itself. We want a great map, offline options, movable objects, and no micro transactions, real skaters, and a more authentic game. Not this mess. It’s got great potential, but you guys really need to put this thing in the right direction, otherwise it’ll be extremely short lived. YOU told us that WE were the ones that breathed life back into this franchise. You said that we brought this game to life because we kept asking for it. Why not make the game we actually want to pay for? Why not make something that will go down in the next 15 years of history? This may go down in history, but it’s not likely going down in success.
